Month: April 2025

Yemen has been heavily bombed for many years. The U.S. enabled the bombing of Yemen from 2015 until 2024, and it is now bombing Yemen directly. I will examine the…

Yves here. The Trump executive order of March 26, mandating a near-total end of the use of checks by the Treasury Department, including for receipt of tax payments by September…

Republicans say there is no reason for the government to fund the public broadcasters.

The collapse of the Sky Villa complex in the Myanmar city of Mandalay buried an unknown number of people amid the earthquake on Friday that killed more than 2,700.

The 7.7-magnitude quake caused widespread damage in Myanmar, a country already in chaos because of civil war. It was also felt in neighboring countries, including Thailand.

A judge dismissed an attempt to use a bankruptcy court to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the company’s talcum power products caused cancer.

The attack was the second in less than a week, raising fears that a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah could unravel.

The Russian government has unleashed a wave of repression against L.G.B.T.Q. people, with the police raiding gay night clubs and investigators targeting people they suspect of being gay.

Many of the candidates for mayor of New York City support hiring more police officers. Zohran Mamdani has a different public-safety plan.

Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that easy to call.